Srimad Bhagavatam — Tritiya Skandha, Shloka 8
Kardama Muni’s Mystic Opulence, Devahūti’s Rejuvenation, and the Turning Toward Fearlessness
अन्ये पुनर्भगवतो भ्रुव उद्विजृम्भ- विभ्रंशितार्थरचना: किमुरुक्रमस्य । सिद्धासि भुङ्क्ष्व विभवान्निजधर्मदोहान् दिव्यान्नरैर्दुरधिगान्नृपविक्रियाभि: ॥ ८ ॥
anye punar bhagavato bhruva udvijṛmbha- vibhraṁśitārtha-racanāḥ kim urukramasya siddhāsi bhuṅkṣva vibhavān nija-dharma-dohān divyān narair duradhigān nṛpa-vikriyābhiḥ
وتابع كَردم مُني: «ما جدوى اللذّات سوى نعمةِ Bhagavān أُروكرمَ (فيشنو)؟ إن كل المنجزات المادية قد تُمحى بمجرد حركةٍ من حاجبيه. لقد بلغتِ الكمال ببهكتيكِ في دَهرم الزوجة؛ فتمتّعي بالعطايا الإلهية المستخرَجة من دَهرمكِ، وهي نادرة حتى على المتفاخرين بالنسب والمال.»
Lord Caitanya recommended that the greatest achievement of human life is to achieve the grace of the Lord, love of God. He said, premā pumartho mahān: to achieve love of Godhead is the highest perfection of life. The same perfection is recommended by Kardama Muni to his wife. His wife belonged to a very aristocratic royal family. Generally, those who are very materialistic or who possess material wealth and prosperity are unable to appreciate the value of transcendental love of God. Although Devahūti was a princess coming from a very great royal family, fortunately she was under the supervision of her great husband, Kardama Muni, who offered her the best gift which can be bestowed in human life: the grace of the Lord, or love of God. This grace of the Lord was achieved by Devahūti by the good will and satisfaction of her husband. She served her husband, who was a great devotee and saintly person, with great sincerity, love, affection and service, and Kardama Muni was satisfied. He willingly gave love of God, and he recommended that she accept it and enjoy it because he had already achieved it.
FAQs
This verse says that even well-crafted arguments and compositions can be overturned by a mere movement of the Lord’s eyebrow, emphasizing that the Supreme Lord (Urukrama) is beyond human intellectual control.
They acknowledge Kardama’s spiritual accomplishment and state that his opulences are legitimate fruits of his own dharma—divine results not obtainable through ordinary human or royal power.
Do your duty with integrity and devotion, recognizing that real success is ultimately granted by the Lord; don’t rely solely on status, strategy, or intellectual dominance.